Re: CULT: Bulbous Iris
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Bulbous Iris
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- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:36:48 -0700
> From: laird.kelly@juno.com
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:38:25 -0500 Bill Shear <wshear@email.hsc.edu>
> > Which bulbous irises don't like lime?
>
> I. xiphioides ('english iris') is supposed to need acid soil...
Brian Mathew writes in "The Year-Round Bulb Garden" that Spanish, Dutch,
and English irises all will do perfectly well on alkaline soils. Wouldn't
English irises be somewhat out of scale in the typical hypertufa container
garden, anyway?
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
